Up quite early and after food it was off to the national monument. At over a 100 meters tall it offer great views of the city and in the morning visibility was quite good. After an hour up there I headed back to the hotel and picked up my bag. After a rather hot walk to the station I was on the bus to the airport. Once at the airport I discovered my flight was delayed so had ages to wait. I know the flights are cheap but Indonesian airlines are starting to make Ryanair look impressive. At least though during the wait we got fed meaning tea was taken care of.

Finally left at 6pm and after an hour and a half we landed in Padang. I was unsurprised it was raining as Padang is statistically one of the ten wettest places on earth. By the time I caught the bus into town and checked in it was 10pm and I was exhausted meaning that not for the first time I started watching Top Gun on TV and fell asleep. I have still never seen the whole film from start to finish.